THE FREE LIBRARY AT CORK. II7'scape whipping ? Use them after your own honor anddignity." Cork has not treated me after my deserts,but after her own honor and dignity. (Applause.) Ifully appreciate that. The lesson sinks deeply into myheart. By so much as you have done beyond my de¬serts so much more imperative is my task to endeavorat least to approach the standard by which you haveso generously judged me. My last word upon leavingIreland is to assure you that the impression made uponme by this visit is such that I shall never be able toforget you or fail to continue to wish, as all my lifeI have wished, for Ireland the happiest of futures.(Applause.) Nor, also, shall I ever forget the obligationwhich you have laid upon me to-day to so performmy part in life that this community will never havereason to regret its kind and generous action. Youryoungest burgess knows very well that he has not de¬served the honor conferred upon him by the ancientcity of Cork, but he knows also very well that it wouldbring indelible disgrace upon your latest fellow-citizenwere he ever to discredit it. (Hear, hear, and applause.) LAYING THE MEMORIAL STONE. The proceedings in the Council Chamber then closed,and those present proceeded to the new Library build¬ings in course of erection in the Corn Market adjoin¬ing the Municipal Buildings. The walls of the newstructure are raised to a considerable height already,and the general work appeared to be well advanced.The memorial stone is placed in the centre of the westwall and bears the following inscription: "Carnegie Free Library presented to the city of Corkat a cost of £10,000 by Andrew Carnegie, Esq., LL. D.At the request of the Right Hon. Sir Ed. Fitzgerald,Bart., Lord Mayor of Cork, this stone was laid by the